After launch in 1985, the USS Persistent tracked Soviet — then Russian — submarines until 1995, before being transferred to the Coast Guard in 1998
During the Cold War it tracked submarines as the Navy’s USS Persistence. Now the 68-meter ship trains the next generation of Great Lakes ship captains and chief engineers.
“The St. Marys is a very unique place to train,” said Chuck Miller, a GLMA instructor and the Michigan’s first mate. “It’s got some of the most difficult pilotage in the world. You’re moving a vessel around 90-degree turns in current, often in ice.” “Students in the engineering track stand watch with an engineering officer,” Miller added. “They conduct rounds, monitor propulsion in the engine room . . . all the way to fixing door handles. If there’s anything that can break on a boat, cadets are taught how to fix it.”
At the end of it all, cadets earn a baccalaureate degree in Maritime Technology from North Central Michigan College, the GLMA’s home institution. At any given time, there are 200 students in the program.
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